Music Teacher (SY25-26, Middle School)

Veritas Preparatory Charter School • Springfield, MA

17h • $58,000 - $100,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As the Music Teacher at Veritas Prep Middle School, you will implement a music curriculum for grades 5-8 designed to foster students' knowledge, love, and creation of music. You will collaborate with the leadership team to shape the vision for the music program as it continues to grow. Your responsibilities include planning and delivering high-quality daily instruction and working with a team of enrichment teachers to ensure students have access to engaging classes that enhance their education and prepare them for college-level work. You will also build a music program offering diverse opportunities for student engagement, teach a Seminar course focused on college, career, and life readiness using Naviance, and utilize your content knowledge to create effective lessons. You are expected to learn and contribute to school-wide systems, use data to inform decisions and support student growth, and develop students' college and career readiness skills. Building strong relationships with parents, families, and community partners is key, as is engaging in learning about and supporting anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. You will support a student-centered culture, participate in coaching and planning meetings, and teach valuable social-emotional skills.

Requirements

• An unwavering belief that all students can achieve amazing things
• A passion for continuous growth as an educator
• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability and desire to build and implement a visual art curriculum
• Have or be eligible for a MA teaching license in Music
• Current authorization to work in the United States – a candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment

Nice To Haves

• Two to three years of teaching experience

Responsibilities

• Implement a music curriculum for grades 5-8 that inspires students’ knowledge, love, and creation of music.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to build a vision for the music program.
• Plan and deliver high-quality instruction daily.
• Collaborate with a growing team of enrichment teachers to ensure students have access to engaging enrichment classes.
• Build a music program that offers a variety of opportunities for students to engage with music.
• Teach a Seminar course focused on college, career and life readiness, using the Naviance platform and a curriculum aligned with our college partners.
• Utilize and continually strengthen deep content knowledge to prepare high-quality, effective lessons.
• Learn, contribute to and use school-wide routines and systems that help our school run smoothly.
• Use data to make decisions and to support the growth of our students in the classroom.
• Support the development of valuable college and career readiness skills and embed this skill-building into lessons and daily interactions.
• Build deep relationships and actively partner and communicate with parents, families, and community partners.
• Engage in learning about and supporting anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in education.
• Support a school-wide student-centered culture, providing opportunities for student feedback and leadership.
• Participate in weekly or bi-weekly coaching meetings, incorporating feedback into daily teaching and planning practices.
• Participate actively in weekly planning meetings with fellow enrichment teachers to build a positive culture in classrooms.
• Teach students valuable social-emotional skills and embed this skill-building into lessons and daily interactions.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefit packages
• Health, Vision and Dental Insurance Plans
• Paid Family/Medical Leave Insurance (private and meets state requirements)
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance (100% employer paid)
• Enrollment in Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (teacher pension program)
• Employee Assistance Program (100% employer paid)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level